About the manual 21 CANopen abbreviationsAbbreviation ExplanationCAN Controller Area NetworkCiA CAN in Automation, International User’s andManufacturer’s GroupCMS CAN Message Specification; one of the serviceelements of the CAN Application Layer in theCAN Reference ModelCOB Grouping of pre-defined data objects accessiblevia the network.DBT Distributor; one of the service elements of theCAN Application Layer in the CAN ReferenceModel. It is the responsibility of the Distributor todistribute COB IDs to the COBs that are usedby a CMS.EDS Electronic Data Sheet; a node-specific ASCII-format file required when configuring the CANnetwork. The EDS file contains generalinformation on the node and its dictionaryobjects (parameters). EDS files for ABB Drivesare available at the Document library(www.abb.com/drives).LMT Layer Management; one of the serviceelements of the CAN Application Layer in theCAN Reference Model. It serves to configureparameters for each layer in the CANReference Model.LSB Least significant bit/byteMSB Most significant bit/byteNMT Network Management; one of the serviceelements of the CAN Application Layer in theCAN Reference Model. It performs initialization,configuration and error handling on a CANnetwork.OSI Open Systems InterconnectionPDO Process Data Object; a type of COB. Used fortransmitting time critical data, such as controlcommands, references and actual values.
